Improvement in floating velocipedes



ttiai lter @anni @titte Letters Patent No. 109,083, dated November 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLOATIG VELOCIPEDES.

V The Schedule referred toin thesevLetters Patent and making part of the lame.

l To all 'whom it may vconcern Be it known that we, CARL O. WEDERKINCH and ARCHIBALD STARKWEATHER, ot' the city of Boston, in the county of Suolk .and State ot` Massachusetts, have inventeda new and improved Floating Velocipede; and we do l-lcreby'declare that the Yfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and usc the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part-of this' specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in scction, of our improved floating veloeipede.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to' a new floating vclocipede, which can bcconveniently operated and readily propelled, and consists in such construction and combination 'of a frame, double floats, steering apparatus, and paddle-wheel, that the rider st-raddles thc paddle-wheel in operating the crank-axle of the same.

A A in the drawing are two oats, madc`of wood or other suitable material,- arranged parallel tocach other, at a suitable distance apart. They are con nectcd by transverse bars a c, which constitute, with the floats, a rigid frame.

Upon cach tloat is secured a box, b', to sustain the driving crank-shaft B, as shown, said shaft carrying a paddle-wheel, C, midway between the floats.

vThe drivers scat D is arranged behind the paddlewhccl,on braces e that project from the oats, so that the rider may have his feet on the cranks of the shaft B, straddlingthe paddle-wheel, as shown.

A` fender, E, in form of acurved plate, is interposed between the paddle-wheel and the seat, to pro` tcct the rider from the water thrown ott' by thewheel.

-The rudder-post l1` is, by an endless baud (101 by two rods o1 chains, or otherwise, connected with the steering-post G, which is supported by the braces c in front ofthe seat, and which has a convenient steering-handle, c, at its upper end.

This velocipede, although of simple construction, will be operated without difficulty, and can be propelled with great rapidity.

Having thus described our invention,

XV hat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.. A water-velocipede, provided with two parallel floats fastened together, a pacldle-wheel operated by ihot-cranks between them, and a seat for the driver, all constructed and arranged as shown and described.

2. A water-velocipedc, provided wit-h a steering apparatus, consisting of posts F G, endless band d, and pulleys, as specitied.

3. The arrangement of the seat with respect to the paddle-wheel, asset forth.

CARL O. WEDERKINCH. ARCHIBALD STARKWEATHER.

Witnesses:` l

G. W. ARMSTRONG, W. H. KING. 

